The Spring 2010 Linux Distro Scorecard (Part 2)Linux.com: ""Zonker" picks up right where he left off yesterday. In this Spring's Linux Distro Scorecard, he provides brief reviews of Debian, Fedora, Linux Mint, Mandriva, openSUSE, Slackware and Ubuntu. Today, we get his take on the final three, and he delivers the payoff"

MeeGo Netbook Performance: It's Beating Ubuntu & CoPhoronix: "The MeeGo operating system as a joint project between Intel and Nokia was announced back in February. An initial test release was made available in early April, but yesterday's MeeGo 1.0 release is the first where they are providing a stable netbook version."

Launchy vs. GNOME Do vs. KupferMakeTechEasier: "To many people, application launchers are not really worth much attention. After all, it's just a box to type in a command, right? Perhaps that used to be it, but these days there are some tiny programs that can make a huge difference in productivity."

Dependency-based & Event-based init daemons and launchdScott James Remnant: "With the recent announcement of systemd, I've noticed some increased confusion around Upstart and what it means to be an event-based init daemon. Now seems as good a time as any to try and clear that up by describing what I mean by that."

The top 10 tricks of Perl one-linersKsplice blog: "Perl, never afraid of obscure shorthands, has accrued an impressive number of features that help with this use case. I'd like to share some of my favorites that you might not have heard of."

KDE 4.5 beta brings window tiling, new notificationsars Technica: "The developers behind the KDE desktop environment have released the first beta of version 4.5. Although the major focus during this development cycle is stability, the release also brings some nice new features and user interface improvements."

Top 5 Free Linux Distributions for Servers in 2010Simple Thoughts: "There are five distributions to compare - Debian, CentOS, Slackware , Ubuntu and Gentoo. One of the main consideration for server use is stability and long term security support. After extensive research we queued up the top 5 free Linux distros for server in 2010."

Manual disk partitioning guide for Linux Mint 9 and Ubuntu 10.04Linux BSDos: "The installation program on Ubuntu 10.04 and Linux Mint 9 are the same. And that's because Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu. So if you install one, which involves a simple seven-step process, you can use the same instructions to install the other."

Is there a replacement for Facebook?Cyber Cynic: "Facebook claims to have more than 400 million active users. In fact, according to Web analytics firm Alexa, only Google is a more popular site. So, with all that going for it, why are so many users unhappy, with one poll showing that more than half of Facebook users are thinking about leaving?"

Tiny Core Linux - I have sound (and more)!Click: "It's not usually a big deal, getting sound working in Linux or BSD. In my case, however, my laptop's internal sound module is dead, and I've substituted a USB sound module from DealExtreme.com that costs about $2."

CentOS Goes CommercialLinux Planet: "The market for CentOS Linux-based appliances continues growing, thanks in part to a new network-monitoring virtual appliance from GroundWork and commercial support services from OpenLogic."

Revival of BLAG, Contributors WelcomeBLAG: In the last months, a group of dedicated people are picking up the pieces and working towards a new release of BLAG. Right now, we are preparing to release BLAG 120k, which is based on Fedora 12.

Novell Revenues, Linux Business SlideDatamation: "It's been a tough quarter quarter for Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) as questions about its future ownership remain on the table. Novell is also facing pricing pressure on its Linux business as renewals come up on Microsoft's SUSE Linux Enterprise subscriptions."